After leading the "Panama Five Small" against the Cosmic Warriors in the past, Harden also had the idea of leaving the team to seek a championship, and then forced the palace to run to the Nets, joining hands with the big brother Durant and Irving to form a big three to continue to impact the championship. In this league where team-winning is rife, it seems that single-core championships have become very rare and rare, and the difficulty is comparable to ascending to the sky. Coupled with some of the phenomena shown by this very realistic league, if the strength is not good, it will be abandoned and there is no ball to play, the championship is also a powerful chip for the youth to stay in history and get a big contract, and the championship is the performance of hard core strength.
It is also based on this consideration that Harden left the Rockets that made him, and Irving and Durant also agreed to go out to start a business again. The Nets were originally a fish-belly team in the East, but in less than a few years after Boss Cai took over, the rapid operation attracted superstars, the popularity of the home Barclays Center soared, and the team's market value also ranked fourth in the league. With such a lot of trouble and high-profile rise, without winning a championship to match, the Nets will inevitably become a bit of a "fat man in the face".
But we also saw that although the big three healthy Nets can play an unparalleled offense, once someone is attacked by injuries, the team's weakness will be unveiled because of the lack of offensive strength, and the rebounding protection of the inside line and the defensive shortcomings of the outside line will be revealed. In this way, Harden's dream of winning the championship will become uncertain, and his rejection of the Nets' early renewal in the offseason also shows that his heart to stay in the team is still wavering, and once the championship fails, it may become the fuse for his departure.
Isn't that? The mainstream consensus in the league is that Harden will run for the 76ers next season, and the famous Keith Pompey revealed in his article that Harden is happy to play with Embiid, and he firmly believes that he and Embiid can be successful by playing together. At the same time, harden's team maintains a very close relationship with the management of the 76ers, and the 76ers shareholder Michael Rubin is Harden's friend.
Based on this relationship and reality, Harden joining the 76ers is not impossible, just like in the past when James joined the Lakers to come to the West, everything is possible. The reason why the 76ers have been slow to trade Simmons is because they continue to raise their prices so that they can exchange enough chips to make it easier for them to pursue superstars like Harden in the offseason. We've seen Harden's performance this season has not been stable, not only because of the beginning of a long injury, but also because the Nets' interior players can't match the old Capela's ability to convert Harden's passing into points, so Harden's scoring threat is declining.
Once able to work with the league's number one center like Embiid, Harden and his blocking tactics are enough to "destroy the world", which makes Harden's choice more after that. Imagine that Harden was able to feed Capela into a "star center" in the Rockets, and Embiid was naturally out of the question.
If the Nets have a chance to get Simmons, then the combination of "Irving + Durant + Simmons" will be comparable to "Splash + Green". The Nets lacked an outside defense and a forward like Green who could pick up rebounds and move forward quickly, and Simmons was well up to that role, giving the Nets a chance to solve many of the Nets' problems. Even if the Big Three is moving towards disintegration, it is worth a try to get Simmons.